Two security guards were shot and wounded at a downtown Los Angeles shopping area after they confronted a man trying to walk out of a store with a suitcase containing items he hadn’t paid for,.

Two security guards at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles were shot by a suspected shoplifter, leaving one of them in critical condition while the shooter remained at large Tuesday, according to police.

LAPD released surveillance images of the man suspected of shooting two security guards just outside a Target store in downtown Los Angeles, announcing new details in the investigation as the search for the shooter continues.

Two security guards at a downtown Los Angeles shopping plaza were wounded in a gunfight with a man as they tried to stop him from making off with more than $1,000 of stolen merchandise, police said Tuesday.

A security guard is fighting for his life after he was shot by an alleged shoplifter at a Target in downtown LA.